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<p>LATEST UPDATE!</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Michael Coleman and Soha Kneen are free from custody. We just saw them at the boat. Court appearances tomorrow. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Flotilla2?src=hash">#Flotilla2</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canada4Gaza?src=hash">#Canada4Gaza</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Canada Boat to Gaza (@CanadaBoatGaza) <a href="https://twitter.com/CanadaBoatGaza/status/88279834488340480">July 5, 2011</a></p></blockquote>
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<strong>3 Internationals, risking their lives on #Flotilla2 to bring Palestine&#8217;s misery under world&#8217;s attention, have been arrested by the Greek authorities under Israeli pressure only in order to divert the world from it&#8217;s atrocities which it is undertaking in Palestine for over 63 years now. </strong><br />
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">pers @ NY Greek Consulate told JVP supporter &quot;It&#39;s your government [US] that ordered us not to let the ship sail!&quot; flotilla2# <a href="https://twitter.com/USBOATTOGAZA">@USBOATTOGAZA</a></p>
<p>&mdash; JewishVoiceForPeace (@jvplive) <a href="https://twitter.com/jvplive/status/86893560598769664">July 1, 2011</a></p></blockquote>
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<strong>Israel even issued a <a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/israels-web-war-declaration-hasbara-goes-www/" target="_blank">Web War Declaration</a> and <a href="http://bit.ly/lPK4Wq" target="_blank">Hitlist </a>targeting non violent activists was placed online by the zionist propaganda machine called Hasbara. At the moment they act below every imagination to sustain the myths and lies under which the good believing world is ignoring, tolerating and even silencing the real crimes Israel commits. </strong><span style="color:#808080;"><em>More below this articled in the related section.</em></span></p>
<p>Demand the release and intervention by calling or writing the embassies and your representatives and spread the news and facts (with the sharing tools below), forward it to press and journalists so the issue get&#8217;s the attention it deserves and our activists for Palestine get safely released as soon as possible.</p>
<p>Soha Kneen and Michael Coleman have been charged once. Sandra Ruch 3 times. More info will be updated when available.</p>
<p>Besides this, 40-50 American citizens are being held in a barbed wire pen in Greece at behest of Israeli and (apparently) US governments (<a href="http://t.co/2o8L5vc" rel="nofollow">http://t.co/2o8L5vc</a>)</p>
<p>For an extensive report of what happened on July 4, 2011, please visit Ali Abinumah&#8217;s weblog at the Electronic Intifada: <strong></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://electronicintifada.net/blog/ali-abunimah/canadian-boat-forced-back-shore-after-attempt-sail-gaza-report-and-pictures" target="_blank">Canadian boat forced back to shore after attempt to sail for Gaza</a> &#8211; report and pictures</strong></p>
<p><strong>More pictures of the takeover of the boat:<br />
<a href="http://www.tahrir.ca/node/1976" target="_blank">http://www.tahrir.ca/node/1976</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Flotilla update: Silvia Cattori interviews Dimitri Plionis (Greek Boat) </strong><br />
<a href="http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/flotilla-update-silvia-cattori-interviews-dimitri-plionis-gr.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter">http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/flotilla-update-silvia-cattori-interviews-dimitri-plionis-gr.html</a></p>
<p><strong>Spanish activists protesting inside Spanish Consulate in Athens</strong><br />
<a href="http://t.co/lL71vnl" target="_blank">http://t.co/lL71vnl </a></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Charges against Soha and Michael along the lines of &#39;obstruction&#39; (but it&#39;s Greek authorities obstructing <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/flotilla2?src=hash">#flotilla2</a>&#39;s humanitarian mission)</p>
<p>&mdash; Canada Boat to Gaza (@CanadaBoatGaza) <a href="https://twitter.com/CanadaBoatGaza/status/88201055493566464">July 5, 2011</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="color:#808000;"><strong>ACT BY EMAIL WORLDWIDE<br />
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<p><strong>PLEASE Take the Time and Email the following world and Greek leaders expressing your outrage at Greece’s violation of International Law by seizing eight peaceful ships bound to Gaza and the arrest of an American Citizen. (Source appeal: <a href="http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2011/07/05/greek-tragedy-gaza-flotilla/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SabbahsBlog+%28Sabbah+Report%29" target="_blank">Sabah Report</a>)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Email for President Obama</strong><br />
<a href="mailto:president@whitehouse.gov">president@whitehouse.gov</a>  or use <a href="http://whitehouse.gov/" target="_blank">whitehouse.gov</a> contact form.</p>
<p><strong>Email to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton:</strong><br />
<a href="mailto:secretary@state.gov">secretary@state.gov</a></p>
<p><strong>Contact Form for Greek Prime Minister:</strong><br />
<a href="http://goo.gl/4uHVp" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/4uHVp</a></p>
<p><strong>Contact form for Greek Foreign Minister:</strong><br />
<a href="http://goo.gl/9myX7" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/9myX7</a></p>
<p><strong>Email Greek Foreign Ministry:</strong><br />
<a href="mailto:grgencon.cis@mfa.gr">grgencon.cis@mfa.gr</a></p>
<p><strong>Email for Ban Ki Moon: Secretary General of the U.N.:</strong><br />
<a href="mailto:ecu@un.org">ecu@un.org</a></p>
<p><strong>Email for Joseph Deiss, President of U.N. General Assembly:</strong><br />
<a href="mailto:pga65@un.org">pga65@un.org</a></p>
<p><strong>Email Press Office at U.N.</strong>:<br />
<a href="mailto:pressanalysis2@un.org">pressanalysis2@un.org</a></p>
<p><strong>Email Chris Guiness, Head of UNRWA in Palestine:</strong><br />
<a href="mailto:c.gunness@unrwa.org">c.gunness@unrwa.org</a></p>
<p><strong>Email President of European Parliament:</strong><br />
<a href="mailto:president@europarl.europa.eu">president@europarl.europa.eu</a></p>
<p><strong>Email Speaker of Greek Parliament:</strong><br />
<a href="mailto:pressoffice@parliament.gr">pressoffice@parliament.gr</a></p>
<p><strong>Email European Parliament</strong>:<br />
<a href="mailto:idea@europarl.europa.eu">idea@europarl.europa.eu</a></p>
<p><strong> Ombudsman for Complaints against the European Union :</strong><br />
<a href="mailto:eo@ombudsman.europa.eu">eo@ombudsman.europa.eu</a></p>
<p><strong>Important Emails to Greek Parliament Members:</strong><br />
<a href="mailto:s.kotsoronis@parliament.gr">s.kotsoronis@parliament.gr</a><br />
<a href="mailto:interel@parliament.gr">interel@parliament.gr</a><br />
<a href="mailto:flouda@parliament.gr">flouda@parliament.gr</a><br />
<a href="mailto:k.kartsakli@parliament.gr">k.kartsakli@parliament.gr</a><br />
<a href="mailto:infopar@parliament.gr">infopar@parliament.gr</a><br />
<a href="mailto:diplof@parliament.gr">diplof@parliament.gr</a><br />
<a href="mailto:d.kolovos@parliament.gr">d.kolovos@parliament.gr</a><br />
<a href="mailto:pressoffice@parliament.gr">pressoffice@parliament.gr</a><br />
<a href="mailto:pressoffice@yptp.gr">pressoffice@yptp.gr</a></p>
<p><strong>Emails to Greek Consulates in the U.S. by City:</strong><br />
<a href="mailto:houston@greekembassy.org">houston@greekembassy.org</a><br />
<a href="mailto:consulate@greekembassy.org">consulate@greekembassy.org</a><br />
<a href="mailto:atlanta@greekembassy.org">atlanta@greekembassy.org</a><br />
<a href="mailto:grgencon.tam@mfa.gr">grgencon.tam@mfa.gr</a><br />
<a href="mailto:lagr@greekembassy.org">lagr@greekembassy.org</a><br />
<a href="mailto:sfgr@greekembassy.org">sfgr@greekembassy.org</a><br />
<a href="mailto:boston@greekembassy.org">boston@greekembassy.org</a><br />
<a href="mailto:grgencon.cis@mfa.gr">grgencon.cis@mfa.gr</a><br />
<a href="mailto:nycons@greekembassy.org">nycons@greekembassy.org</a></p>
<p><strong>Contact Greek Media:</strong><br />
<strong>Greek Paper – part of the International Herald Tribune Greece:</strong><br />
<a href="mailto:editor@ekathimerini.com">editor@ekathimerini.com</a></p>
<p><strong>Contact form for the Athens News:</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.athensnews.gr/contact_us" target="_blank">http://www.athensnews.gr/contact_us</a></p>
<p><strong>Comment form for major paper: The Athens Times:</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.athens-times.com/contact/" target="_blank">http://www.athens-times.com/contact/</a></p>
<p><strong>Contact form for the Balkan Chronicle in Greece:</strong><br />
<a href="http://goo.gl/qRgHl" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/qRgHl</a></p>
<p><strong>Email for Greek IPTV, a major television station:</strong><br />
<a href="mailto:support@greekiptv.com">support@greekiptv.com</a></p>
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<p><span style="color:#808000;"><strong>FOR CANADA</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Steven Harper, Prime Minister Canada</strong><br />
<a href="harper.s@parl.gc.ca" target="_blank">harper.s@parl.gc.ca</a></p>
<p><strong>Jack Layton, Leader of NDP Canada ,(opposition party)</strong><br />
<a href="Layton.J@parl.gc.ca" target="_blank">Layton.J@parl.gc.ca</a></p>
<p><strong>Bob Rae, Interim Leader Liberal Party Canada</strong><br />
<a href="bob.rae@parl.gc.ca" target="_blank">bob.rae@parl.gc.ca</a></p>
<p><strong>Hon. John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs</strong><br />
<a href="john.baird@parl.gc.ca" target="_blank">john.baird@parl.gc.ca</a></p>
<p><strong>Find your Member of Parliament using your Postal Code</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Compilations/HouseofCommons/MemberByPostalCode.aspx?Menu=HOC" target="_blank">http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Compilations/HouseofCommons/MemberByPostalCode.aspx?Menu=HOC</a></p>
<p><strong>List of Members of Parliament and Canadian Ministry</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx</a></p>
<p><strong>Canadian Embassies</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.international.gc.ca/ciw-cdm/embassies-ambassades.aspx?view=d" target="_blank">http://www.international.gc.ca/ciw-cdm/embassies-ambassades.aspx?view=d</a></p>
<p><strong>Canadian Greek Embassy and Contacts</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/greece-grece/contact-contactez.aspx?lang=eng" target="_blank">http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/greece-grece/contact-contactez.aspx?lang=eng</a></p>
<p><strong>Embassy of Canada to Greece in Athens</strong><br />
Address, Telephone, Fax, Email<br />
4, Ioannou Ghennadiou Street, 115 21 Athens, Greece<br />
Tel.: 30-210-7273400 Fax: 30-210-7273480 E-mail: athns@international.gc.ca<br />
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<p><strong>Hours of Operation</strong><br />
Monday &#8211; Friday 08:00 &#8211; 16:00<br />
In Case of Consular Emergency after Hours Please Call 210-727 3400 OR 210-727-3399 or Call Collect the 24HRS Operations Center at 001-613-996-8885.<br />
Section Specific Contact Information and Hours<br />
•    Contact the Trade Section<br />
•    Contact the Consular Section<br />
•    Contact the Political and Public Affairs Section<br />
<strong>Contact information is also available for the following offices:</strong><br />
Honorary Consulate of Canada in Thessaloniki<br />
Pantelis G. Petmezas &#8211; Honorary Consul  Address : 19, N.Kountouritou Street, Thessaloniki 546-25, Greece  Visiting hours for the public : Monday to Friday from 10:30 to 13:30 (consular services by appointment).  Tel. 2310-256350  Fax: 2310-256351  E-mail : petmezas_canada@thessalaw.gr<br />
Honorary Consulate of Canada in Nicosia<br />
Dr. Rita C. Severis, Honorary Consul<br />
Services offered at this office: Assistance to Canadians Address, telephone, fax<br />
Street Address Margarita House, 15 Themistoclis  Dervis Str. Suite 402, 4th Floor, 1066  Nicosia Cyprus<br />
Postal Address P.O. Box 22125 1517 Nicosia, Cyprus<br />
Tel.: (357-22) 775-508 Fax: (357-22) 779-905<br />
Hours of operation Monday &#8211; Friday: 09:00 &#8211; 12:00</p>
<p><span style="color:#808080;"><em>Below an article of Australians for Palestine</em></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#808000;">FOR AUSTRALIA</span><br />
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<strong><a href="http://australiansforpalestine.com/47697">From Australians for Palestine</a></strong></p>
<p>Editor’s Note: Australian participant on the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza Michael Coleman has been arrested by Greek Police for attempting to block their pursuit of the Canadian boat the “Tahrir” as it left port. Michael and Soha, another Canadian Flotilla team member, were in two kayaks beside the “Tahrir”. As soon as the boat’s motors started, Michael and Soha paddled to the immediate prow of the coastguard and managed to stay there for at least 5 minutes which prevented the coastguard from stopping the Tahrir from leaving. Eddie O’Loughlin, who has provided this latest update, says that a Canadian Flotilla team member has assured him that a legal team is working on freeing Michael. They are still not sure as to what the specific charges against Michael will be.</p>
<p>Please telephone or write to the Greek embassy in Australia and also the consulates asking them to pressure Greek authorities to release Michael Coleman and to allow the Freedom Flotilla to continue its mission to Gaza. Also letters and calls to our own government representatives are important asking them to pressure the Greek government to release Michael Coleman and the Tahrir.</p>
<p><strong>For Canadian Government Offices Abroad</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.international.gc.ca/ciw-cdm/description_bureaux-offices.aspx?view=d">http://www.international.gc.ca/ciw-cdm/description_bureaux-offices.aspx?view=d</a></p>
<p><strong>Greek Embassy in Australia</strong><br />
Tel: +61-2-6273-3011<br />
Email: gremb.can@mfa.gr</p>
<p><strong>Greek Consulate (Sydney)</strong><br />
Tel: +61-2-92212388<br />
Tel: +61-2-92211453<br />
Email: grconsyd@telpacific.com.au</p>
<p><strong>Greek Consulate (Melbourne)</strong><br />
Tel: +61-3-98664524<br />
Tel: +61-3-98664525<br />
Email: grcons@bigpond.com.au</p>
<p><strong>Greek Consulate (Adelaide)</strong><br />
Tel: +61-8-82118066<br />
Email: consulgr@picknowl.com.au</p>
<p><strong>Greek Consulate (Brisbane)</strong><br />
Tel: +61-7-32927421<br />
Tel: +61-7-32927422<br />
Email: greekcon@ozemail.com.au</p>
<p><strong>Australian Embassy in Greece</strong><br />
Tel: +30 210 870 4000<br />
Email: ae.athens@dfat.gov.au</p>
<p><strong>Also contact your own member of parliament (you can find their details</strong> <strong>here)</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/mi-elctr.asp" target="_blank">http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/mi-elctr.asp</a><br />
and/or<br />
<strong>The Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd</strong><br />
Tel: (02) 6277 7500<br />
Email: Kevin.Rudd.MP@aph.gov.au</p>
<p><strong>We need to keep the pressure up on the Greek Government and our own.</strong></p>
<p>Sonja Karkar | Editor | <a href="http://australiansforpalestine.com" target="_blank">Australians for Palestine</a><br />
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<p><strong><a href="http://www.ypex.gov.gr/www.mfa.gr/Articles/en-US/030711_AH1545.htm">Statement of the Greek Government on their site</a></strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Foreign Ministry Announcement regarding Greece’s intention to undertake the task of transporting humanitarian aid</strong></p>
<p>Despite the request of the Secretary General of the United Nations, the recommendations of the EU reflected in the conclusions of the European Council, yesterday’s relevant appeal of the Quartet and the Greek Foreign Ministry’s urging not to participate in the flotilla attempting to break the Gaza blockade, certain groups of Greek and foreign citizens, without having received the necessary permission required according to the rules of safety, insisted to go through with the enterprise.</p>
<p>In light of these developments and concerned primarily with the protection and safety of human life, the Greek Government decided to ban the departure from Greek ports of vessels with Greek or foreign flags bound for Gaza.</p>
<p>Greece’s stance regarding the need to lift the Gaza blockade and to improve the humanitarian conditions in the area is known and remains unchanged. Greece’s positions of principle for the need to respect international law and not to resort to the use of force are also well known. Greece, as it is widely known, actively supports the resumption of peace talks, which constitute the only road to a comprehensive and viable resolution of the Palestinian issue, with the creation of a Palestinian state that will coexist peacefully with the state of Israel. These positions have been made clear to all concerned parties.</p>
<p>In this context, Greece reiterates its willingness and proposes to undertake the task of transporting the humanitarian aid, with Greek vessels or other appropriate means, through the existing channels as requested by the Secretary General of the United Nations.</p>
<p>To this avail, Greece will come into immediate and direct contact with the UN and all the concerned parties, in order to render the mission feasible on behalf of our country.</p>
<p>In this critical conjuncture, we should all demonstrate a sense of responsibility or assume entirely and exclusively the responsibility for our actions. The Government will act as it must in an orderly fashion and according to the laws of the State.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Related Links</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/dfat-chasing-aussie-flotilla-arrest-report-20110705-1h05v.html">DFAT chasing Aussie flotilla arrest report </a><br />
<a href="http://australiansforpalestine.com/47690">Canadian activist slams Greece for turning back Gaza-bound vessel</a><br />
<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/07/05/3261393.htm">Australian in Gaza flotilla detained: reports</a></p>
<p><a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/listeningpost/2011/07/2011727382646617.html">MEMRI is a source for journalists that do not understand Arabic</a>, but because they do not understand Arabic, they cannot validate the source. When you consider that the source is the brainchild of a former Israeli intelligence officer and has been caught selectively translating Arabic broadcasts that would reflect negatively on the Muslim world, the problem increases ten-fold.</p>
<p>Listening Post’s Meenakshi Ravi looks at an organisation that is out to influence how the Middle East is seen in the rest of the world’s media.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.kadaitcha.com/">Source</a></p>
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<ul>
<li><strong>SPECIAL TOPIC | <a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/special-topics/flotilla-ii-the-armada/">FLOTILLA II</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://t.co/qFWRjXu" target="_blank">The ‘No Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza’ CANARD </a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-95Z" target="_blank">Humanitarian Crisis in the Gaza Strip </a>&#8211; Facts &amp; Statistics</strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/janan-abdu-israel%E2%80%99s-human-rights-abuses-in-the-name-of-security-%E2%80%94-israeli-occupation-archive/" target="_blank">Janan Abdu: Israel’s human rights abuses in the name of security</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><strong><a href="http://bit.ly/lPK4Wq" target="_blank">The new Israeli “Hitlist” available online</a></strong> | <strong>June 20, 2011</strong></strong></li>
</ul>
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<strong>The Handbook Zionism hands out to their hasbara recruits to manipulate &amp; brainwash the world to keep you stupid. A Must Read &amp; Spread …</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.middle-east-info.org/take/wujshasbara.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>HASBARA HANDBOOK</strong></a> | HOWTO</li>
</ul>
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<strong>Get Real Facts from the ground</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://t.co/UvJX8UC" target="_blank"><strong>The Veritas Handbook</strong> |</a> A Guide of Understanding the Palestinian Struggle against Apartheid &amp; Zionism<strong><br />
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</ul>
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<h4><strong>About Hasbara</strong></h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/ten-big-media-lies-about-israel/">10 Big Media Lies about Israel</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/30/checkpoint-washington-netanyahu-america-is-a-thing-you-can-move-very-easily/" target="_blank">Checkpoint Washington – Netanyahu: ‘America is a thing you can move very easily’ </a>| How to Keep the ignorant…</li>
<li><a href="http://electronicintifada.net/content/israel-investing-16-million-new-media-warriors/9245" target="_blank">Israel investing $1.6 million in “new media warriors”</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-2uC">Captain Israel | Sickening Hasbara Magazine</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/hasbara-for-dummies-insulting-our-intelligence/">Hasbara for Dummies-Insulting our Intelligence</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/hi-joe/">Hi Joe!</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/the-idf-uses-propaganda-like-an-authoritarian-regime-haaretz-daily-newspaper-israel-news/">IDF uses propaganda like an authoritarian regime</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-3NR">MISCONCEPTIONS &amp; MYTHS ABOUT THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/what-the-media-forgets-about-israel/" target="_blank">What The Media Forgets About Israel</a></li>
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<h3><strong>Forget all details! It’s just about this!</strong><em><br />
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<ul>
<li>Special Topic | <a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/special-topics/colonialism-ethnic-cleansing/">Ethnic Cleansing</a></li>
<li>Quick Facts | <a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ten-facts-about-the-nakba/">10 Facts about the Nakba</a></li>
<li>EI Exclusive | <a href="http://t.co/KWwlEIi" target="_blank">Interactive map of Palestine villages destroyed during Nakba </a></li>
</ul>
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<strong>Supported by… AIPAC</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/quick-facts-aipac/">AIPAC | Quick Facts</a></li>
<li><a href="http://t.co/yNgDFfQ" target="_blank">AIPAC Bill will Destroy More American Jobs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/aipac-protests-disclosure-of-its-secret-files-by-grant-smith-antiwar-com/">AIPAC Protests Disclosure of Its Secret Files</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/aipac-101-%e2%80%94-what-every-american-should-know-video/">AIPAC | What Every American Should Know</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/aipacs-scandalous-behaviors/">AIPAC’s Scandalous Behaviors</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/as-a-holocaust-survivor-aipac-does-not-speak-for-me/">As a Holocaust survivor, AIPAC does not speak for me</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/j-street-aipac-palestine-and-israel-fighting-the-wrong-battle-and-losing-the-real-war/">J Street, AIPAC, Palestine and Israel</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/panic-from-the-houses-off-congress-and-aipac/">Panic from the Houses off Congress &amp; AIPAC</a></li>
</ul>
<p><em><br />
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<strong>Funded by….</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.weaponstoisrael.org/" target="_blank">How Many Weapons to Israel?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/costs-of-arming-israel-can-no-longer-be-ignored/" target="_blank">Costs of arming Israel can no longer be ignored </a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/us-weapons-to-israel-deter-peace/" target="_blank">US weapons to Israel deter peace </a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/new-database-reveals-weapons-to-israel-impact-on-palestinians/" target="_blank">New database reveals weapons to Israel, impact on </a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/us-weapons-give-a-way-to-israel-used-to-kill-735-palestinian-children-in-past-decade/" target="_blank">US weapons give-a-way to Israel used to kill 735 Palestinian children in past decade </a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/us-weapons-to-israel-are-disincentives-to-peace/" target="_blank">US Weapons to Israel Are Disincentives to Peace</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/consequences-of-israeli-chemical-weapons/" target="_blank">Consequences of Israeli Chemical Weapons </a></li>
<li><a title="ei: Israel’s blood diamonds" href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/ei-israels-blood-diamonds-2/" rel="bookmark">ei: Israel’s blood diamonds</a></li>
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<strong>And all those supporting it paying for this…</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/occupation-101-full-movie-in-11-parts/" target="_blank">Occupation 101 (Full Movie in 11 Parts)</a> – video</li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/al-nakba-english-the-full-movie/" target="_blank">Al Nakba | English | The Full Movie </a>&#8211; video</li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2010/10/03/the-deathmasters-israeli-massacres-on-palestinians/" target="_blank">All Israeli Massacres on Palestinians</a></li>
</ul>
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<strong>Last but not least….</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/anti-zionism-is-not-anti-semitism/">Anti-Zionism is not Anti-Semitism</a></li>
</ul>
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<strong>Or listen to Jewish mankind with a real conscience in the Join Struggle for Justice<br />
</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-7oZ">New eBook of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network</a> | Free Download</li>
<li><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-YV">Testimonies | Breaking the Silence </a>| New Database online !</li>
</ul>
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<strong>Don’t think it’s about “Arabs” or “Islam”… we are all Goyim!</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/crimes-against-christianity/">Zionist Crimes Against Christianity</a> | 100.000 Christians ethnic cleansed in 1948</li>
</ul>
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<strong>Something to ponder about…</strong><br />
For who not sees or who’s eyes are still closes. IOA has become exactly and even worse than those, they feared and hated once themselves. Using the same atrocities, policies to oppress, ethnically cleanse and eradicate human beings. Creating a new Shoah (Holocaust) for the Palestinians in 1948 with Al Nakba, and sustaining it by hasbara and the world’s ignorance or at least those not using their own mind to reconsider the realistic facts. So Hasbara in 16 words explained:</p>
<p><strong>“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it…” </strong><br />
~ Joseph Goebbels</p>
<p><em>…will be updated of course with related news or relevant counter “cyber truth ammo”. Stay Human, stay safe and Free Palestine!</em><br />
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<strong>Activists Resources | Knowledge is Power!</strong><em></em></p>
<ul>
<li>Handbook | <a href="http://www.palestinefreedom.org/resources/tech-module" target="_blank">Putting Technology to Work for Palestine Activism, V 1.0</a> | PDF</li>
<li>Downloads | <a href="http://www.pidfweb.org/PIDFdownloads.htm" target="_blank">Palestine Internet Defence Force</a></li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>Get Real (Hasbara Free) News from Palestine</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://electronicintifada.net" target="_blank">Electronic Intifada</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=2796:aic-begins-5th-field-seminar-qbridges-instead-of-wallsq-&amp;catid=11:aic-projects&amp;Itemid=2" target="_blank">Alternative Information Center</a> | AIC</li>
<li><a href="http://www.imemc.org/" target="_blank">IMEMC</a>  | International Middle East Media Center</li>
<li><a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/Default.aspx" target="_blank">Ma’an News Agency</a> | AR | EN | HE |</li>
<li><a href="http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/" target="_blank">Middle East Monitor</a> | MEMO</li>
<li><a href="http://palestineblogs.net/" target="_blank">Palestine Blogs</a> | Continuous feed of (pro)Palestine Blogger’s News</li>
<li><a href="http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/" target="_blank">Palestine Information Center</a> | Several Languages</li>
<li><a href="http://palestinechronicle.com/" target="_blank">Palestine Chronicle</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.paltelegraph.com/" target="_blank">Palestine Telegraph </a></li>
<li><a href="http://silwanic.net/" target="_blank">Wadi Hilweh Information Center</a> | Silwan | Jerusalem</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Also check the <a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/about/" target="_blank">List of Bloggers and Activists, Organisations</a> working for Palestine</strong></p>
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<strong>In Pictures</strong></p>
<div style="width: 272px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/05/29/iremember-the-mavi-marmara-massacre-in-pictures/"><img src="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/mavi-marmara-massacre.jpg?w=262&#038;h=172" alt="" width="262" height="172" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Album | The Mavi Marmara Massacre</p></div>
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<li><strong>More pictures in the Gallery</strong><strong> | <a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/images-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1/" target="_blank">Images | الصور</a></strong></li>
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